ILLUMINATION WORKS, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: TOPIC AF221-DCSO1, PROPOSAL F2S-19474, SEQUENTIAL PHASE II SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEA
ILLUMINATION WORKS, LLC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- At $2,999,411, this is a large obligation for typical SBIR Phase sizing — worth reviewing for scope breadth and teaming opportunity.
- Tagged technology areas: Artificial Intelligence/ML. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
Illumination Works LLC received nearly $3 million from the Air Force for a Phase II SBIR project to build ODIN, an AI tool that automates tasks and generates insights from data. The work helps the military turn complex information into useful, actionable results more quickly.
- Amount
- $2,999,411
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- OH
- Period
- 2026-04-06 → 2027-12-06
Technology domains
Description
TOPIC AF221-DCSO1, PROPOSAL F2S-19474, SEQUENTIAL PHASE II SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) - ODIN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AI AUTOMATION AND INSIGHT GENERATOR